Arsenal will be welcoming back Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey today to join Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tomas Rosicky, who performed really well against AC Milan last Tuesday. Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger is also expecting Andre Santos to return from his injury break, and join Kieran Gibbs at the eft-back.
On the other side, Peter Lovenkrands, Sammy Ameobi and Leon Best are still on recovery and will be watching the game on the sidelines today. However, Shola Ameobi could see play in this fixture for Newcastle. There's still very little chance that midfielder Sylvain Marveaux and defender Steven Taylor will be returning for their teams today.
The Gunners are ahead by five points against fourth place Newcastle, and a victory here will take them only a point behind Tottenham. While odds are looking in favor to Arsenal, it should be remembered that Arsenal has lost against Newcastle in all their past three Premier League meetings.
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